Archibald S. Clarke

Archibald Smith Clarke (1788-4 December 1821) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 21) from 2 December 1816 to 3 March 1817, succeeding Peter Buell Porter and preceding Benjamin Ellicott and John C. Spencer.

Biography
Archibald Smith Clarke was born in Prince George's County, Maryland in 1788, and he became a lawyer in Niagara County, New York. He served as county surrogate in 1808 and 1809, a member of the State Assembly from 1808 to 1809, in the State Senate from 1813 to 1816, and in the US House of Representatives from 1816 to 1817. He died in 1821, and his brother Staley N. Clarke also served in the US Congress.